Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has announced over one lakh internship opportunities through AICTE internship portal to enhance employability. The programme was launched by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Technical students as well as higher education students can apply for the internships provided by Salesforce, CISCO, and Mahatma Gandhi National Council for Rural Education (MGNCRE) among others.

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India and France recently commenced their 20th edition of the bilateral naval exercise named ‘Varuna’ in the Arabian Sea.
Naval ships, submarines, maritime patrol aircraft, fighter aircraft and helicopters of the two navies are participating in the exercise. The bilateral naval exercises between the two Navies were initiated in the year 1993. The exercise was christened as ‘Varuna’ in 2001.

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‘Global Collaboration Advanced Vaccinology Training’ meeting was recently held in Geneva. In the meeting, the need for a basic vaccinology training module for healthcare personnel across the world was discussed.
India was represented by Dr N.K. Arora, head of the Covid-19 working group in the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NTAGI). The Group makes vaccine recommendations on the basis of disease burden, efficacy and cost effectiveness.

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Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur launched the logo, jersey, mascot and anthem of the Khelo India University Games 2021 (KIUG 2021).
The mascot is an elephant named as ‘Veera’. The event to be held in Bengaluru, postponed due to the ongoing Covid crisis last year, will be the second edition of KIUG. It includes Yogasana and Mallakhamb for the first time.

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Arunachal Pradesh signed a pact with WWF India to develop the State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (SBSAP).
The SBSAP will be aligned with the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and Pakke Declaration. The state cabinet adopted the ‘Pakke Tiger Reserve 2047 Declaration on Climate Change Resilient and Responsive Arunachal Pradesh’, last year.

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India recently celebrated the 59th National Maritime Day which falls on April 5 every year. This year’s theme is ‘Sustainable Shipping beyond Covid-19’.
The first anniversary of the day was held in 1964 to raise awareness about international trade and economy.  An award ceremony is held to honour those who made important contributions to the Indian maritime industry.

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The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released the Part C of its sixth assessment report. The main finding of the latest IPCC report is that the world must focus on reducing dependency on fossil fuel.
The report mentioned Kolkata in respect of shifting from private to public transport. It highlighted that the urban mobility transitions in Kolkata show interconnected policy as well as institutional and socio-cultural drivers for socio-technical change.

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Serbia’s incumbent President Aleksandar Vucic has declared victory in the recently held presidential election.
He has been serving as the President of Serbia since 2017 and as the president of the Serbian Progressive Party since 2012. He announced that Serbia will try to preserve friendly relations in many areas with the Russian Federation.

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As per the data released by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, over 48 percent rural households in the country have received tap water supply in their homes so far.
Out of 19.32 crore rural households in the country, 9.35 crore households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes so far. In Goa, Telangana, Haryana, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, provision for tap water supply to all rural households has been completed.

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The Haryana Vidhan Sabha has passed a resolution seeking completion of the Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal (SYL) Canal.
There has been a long-pending dispute of sharing of river waters between Haryana and Punjab. To counter the resolution passed by Punjab Vidhan Sabha staking a claim on Chandigarh, Haryana Assembly unanimously passed a resolution. It demanded that the central government should not take any steps that would disturb the existing balance between the two states.